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Mapping Air and Ground Attacks in Israel and GazaIsrael and Hamas declared they were at war on Saturday after Hamas militants launched one of the largest assaults on Israel in 50 years. Where Hamas militants infiltrated Israel towns, and where Israel struck GazaHamas fired thousands of rockets toward Israeli cities, and Palestinian militants crossed into southern Israel, killing civilians and holding Israelis hostage. Israel’s emergency service, Magen David Adom, said it had received reports of Hamas rockets landing as far north as Tel Aviv. Plumes of flames and smoke rose above Gaza City as Israel retaliated, reducing multistory buildings to rubble. Soliman HijjyThe streets of Gaza City were largely empty as residents prepared for intensified Israeli airstrikes.

Persons: Israel, Daniel Hagari, Magen David Adom, Tamir Kalifa, Admiral Hagari Organizations: Hamas, Gaza, The New York Times Locations: Israel, Gaza Israel, Gaza, Tel Aviv, Sderot, Kfar Azza, Ashkelon, Ofakim, Gaza City, Egypt

☆ Head of Israeli council killed by Hamas while defending his community, as Palestinian fighters pour into southern Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The mayor of a southern Israeli council was killed while defending his community. Ofir Liebstein, the head of Sha'ar Hanegev Council, died in an exchange of fire with Hamas militants. AdvertisementAdvertisementOfir Liebstein, the head of Sha'ar Hanegev Council was killed during fighting with Hamas militants this morning, The Times of Israel reports. Liebstein was killed in an exchange of fire with Hamas militants as a barrage of rockets pounded southern Israel and reports of Palestinian fighters pouring across the border from Gaza. The rocket bombardment struck southern Israel, but sirens are reaching as far north as Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, per CNN.

Persons: Ofir Liebstein, —, Ofir, Liebstein, Yossi Keren, Benjamin Netanyahu Organizations: Sha'ar Hanegev, Service, Hanegev Regional, CNN, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, AP, Hamas Locations: Israel, Gaza, Hanegev, Jerusalem, Ashkelon, Tel Aviv

☆ What is the Palestinian group Hamas?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Ilan Rosenberg Acquire Licensing RightsOct 7 (Reuters) - The Palestinian group Hamas has launched a surprise attack from Gaza into Israel, in one of the most serious escalations in the Israel-Palestinian conflict in years. - Hamas, or the Islamic Resistance Movement, was founded in 1987 during the first Palestinian Intifada, or uprising. The Hamas takeover of Gaza followed its win in Palestinian parliamentary elections in 2006 – the last time they were held. Its 1988 founding charter called for the destruction of Israel, although Hamas leaders have at times offered a long-term truce, or Hudna in Arabic, with Israel in return for a viable Palestinian state on all Palestinian territory occupied by Israel in the 1967 war. - While its power base is in Gaza, Hamas also has supporters across the Palestinian territories, and it has leaders spread across the Middle East in countries including Qatar.

Persons: Ilan Rosenberg, Fatah, Mahmoud Abbas, Abbas, Deen al, Tom Perry, Ros Russell Organizations: REUTERS, Palestinian, Hamas, Islamic Resistance Movement, West Bank, Palestine Liberation Organization, PLO, Brigades, Hezbollah, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Ashkelon, Israel, Shi'ite Iran, Egypt, Oslo, United States, European Union, Canada, Japan, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, East, Qatar

☆ Pregnant mother hiding with her small child describes Hamas fighters trying to break into the safe room at their Israeli home
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementA pregnant woman in Kibbutz Sufa, a settlement in southern Israel, told Israel's Channel 12 that Hamas gunmen were attacking her house, per The Times of Israel. Israeli residents around the Gaza Strip are asking for support as Palestinian militants appear to raid with impunity. A woman in the settlement of Be'eri told Channel 12 that her father had been kidnapped and taken to the Gaza Strip. AdvertisementAdvertisement"Hamas terrorists infiltrated Israeli communities and started going house to house and murdering innocent Israelis," it said in a statement. The IDF has carried out several air strikes on the Gaza Strip in response.

Persons: —, Tsafrir, Benjamin Netanyahu Organizations: Service, Israel's, Israel Defense Forces, Associated Press, Hamas, Sky, IDF Locations: Sufa, Israel, Gaza, Be'eri, Ashkelon, Palestinian

☆ Timeline of conflict between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Israel and the U.S. cut off aid to Palestinians because Hamas refuses to renounce violence and recognise Israel. June 25, 2006 - Hamas militants capture Israeli army conscript Gilad Shalit in a cross-border raid from Gaza, prompting Israeli air strikes and incursions. Dec. 27, 2008 - Israel launches a 22-day military offensive in Gaza after Palestinians fire rockets at the southern Israeli town of Sderot. After demanding Israel withdraw security forces from the compound, Hamas unleashes a barrage of rockets from Gaza into Israel. Israel responds with air strikes on Gaza.

Persons: Amir Cohen, Gilad Shalit, Shalit, Fatah, Mahmoud Abbas, Ahmad Jabari, Tom Perry, Angus McDowall, Jan Harvey Organizations: REUTERS, Hamas, Palestinian Authority, Israel, West Bank, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Ashkelon, Israel, Palestinian, Egypt, U.S, Sderot, Gaza’s, Al Aqsa, Jerusalem, Islamic, Iranian, Jihad

Saturday's incident marked an unprecedented infiltration by Hamas gunmen into Israel from Gaza, and was the most serious escalation since Israel and Hamas fought a 10-day war in 2021. Israeli media reported gunbattles between bands of Palestinian fighters and security forces in towns in southern Israel. Hamas military commander Mohammad Deif announced the start of the operation in a broadcast on Hamas media, calling on Palestinians everywhere to fight. The Israeli military was aware of reports of captives, a security source said, but provided no further details. Israel's ambulance service said teams had been dispatched to areas in southern Israel near Gaza and residents were warned to stay inside.

Persons: Netanyahu, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mohammad Deif, Amir Cohen, Yoav Gallant, Khan Younis, Abu Hamza, ”, Henriette Chacar, Dan Williams, Nidal Al, James Mackenzie, William Mallard, Robert Birsel, Alex Richardson Organizations: Israel Hamas, Hamas, Israeli Army Radio, REUTERS, Islamic, Qassam, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza, JERUSALEM, GAZA, Palestinian, Jerusalem, Sderot, Beeri, Ashkelon, Khan, Syria, Egypt, Mughrabi

☆ Israel to build fibre-optic link between Europe and Asia
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

JERUSALEM, June 18 (Reuters) - Israel will build a 254-kilometre (158 mile) fibre-optic cable between the Mediterranean and Red Sea, creating a continuous link between Europe and countries in the Gulf and Asia, the Finance Ministry said on Sunday. The project, said EAPC Chief Executive Itzik Levy, "will position Israel as a communication land bridge connecting the Gulf countries and Asia to Europe." It will be available to any telecom company licensed in Israel under a 25-year lease, the ministry said. EAPC, or the Europe Asia Pipeline Company, offers its pipeline as an alternative to the Suez Canal. The ministry said the fibre-optic deployment along the pipeline route will help monitor any changes in terrain and detect possible leaks.

Persons: Itzik Levy, Ari Rabinovitch, James Mackenzie, David Evans Organizations: Finance, Sunday . State, Israel, Europe Asia Pipeline Company, Thomson Locations: Israel, Red, Europe, Gulf, Asia, Ashkelon, Eilat, Suez

The suspects on Wednesday were traveling to a rocket launch site in the city of Khan Younis, the IDF said. A CNN producer in Gaza reported explosions in Khan Younis, Rafah and northern Gaza. Shortly after, he saw at least six rockets fired from Gaza towards Israel. Smoke billows following renewed Israeli military strikes launched into Gaza on May 10, 2023. Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty ImagesMedics transport a victim to Shifa Hospital following the deadly Israeli airstrikes launched into Gaza on Tuesday.

☆ Worried about World War III, Trump says he wants an 'impenetrable' shield like Iron Dome to protect the US from hypersonic weapons. A missile defense expert says it's a long shot.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Trump recently said the US should build a nationwide missile defense shield like Israel's Iron Dome. It is unclear if Trump wants the Iron Dome system defending American cities or if he wants a new shield specifically designed for hypersonic threats. Either way, his plan for an "impenetrable" defense is unrealistic, a missile defense expert told Insider. 'There's always some way to get through'Right now, the US has a homeland missile defense system called the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD). While Trump appears to be questionably framing the missile defense situation, there are still certain things that the US can do to strengthen its homeland missile defense, Williams noted.

☆ Gaza militants fire rockets at Israel -Israeli army
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JERUSALEM, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Palestinian militants on Friday fired two rockets from the Gaza Strip towards southern Israel that were intercepted by missile defenses, the Israeli military said. The cross-border fire came after an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank on Thursday that led to the largest single death toll in years of fighting. The rockets triggered sirens in Israeli communities near the border with Gaza, warning residents to take shelter. Such attacks are usually followed by Israeli air strikes in Gaza. Violence has surged since a series of lethal Palestinian street attacks in Israel last March and April.

☆ Gaza militants fire rockets, Israel strikes in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JERUSALEM, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Palestinian militants on Friday fired two rockets from the Gaza Strip towards southern Israel that were intercepted by missile defenses, and Israel then carried out strikes in Gaza. The cross-border fire came after an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank on Thursday that led to the largest single death toll in years of fighting. The overnight rockets triggered sirens in Israeli communities near the border with Gaza, warning residents to take shelter. A few hours later, Israel's military said it had carried out strikes in Gaza. Violence has surged since a series of lethal Palestinian street attacks in Israel last March and April.

☆ My mom has 7 rules to be happy and successful as you age: No. 1 is, 'Your 20s are mostly practice'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Cameron Albert-Deitch | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Take it from my mom, who created these rules 25 years ago and says they've been useful ever since. How the rules of aging workMy mom, Corey-Jan Albert, is a "professional creative" in the Atlanta area: part marketing writer and strategist, part playwriting teacher and singer-songwriter. "Practice" means you're able to try new things as an adult for the first time, and see how they go. Maybe you've figured out what you want in life at age 28, or at age 34. When my mom shares these rules, she tends to get different reactions based on her audience's age, she says.

☆ Lider operaţional al organizaţiei Jihadul Islamic, ucis într-un raid aerian israelian efectuat în Fâşia Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-17 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Un lider operaţional al organizaţiei teroriste Jihadul Islamic a fost ucis, luni, într-un raid aerian israelian efectuat în Fâşia Gaza, bilanţul bombardamentelor israeliene ajungând la aproape 200 de morţi în acest teritoriu palestinian, scrie Mediafax. Hussam Abu Harbeed, liderul filialei din nordul Fâşiei Gaza a organizaţiei teroriste Jihadul Islamic, a fost ucis într-un raid aerian efectuat în oraşul Gaza, informează site-ul Ynetnews.com şi cotidianul Times of Israel. Bilanţul raidurilor aeriene israeliene asupra teritoriului palestinian Fâşia Gaza a ajuns la cel puţin 198 de morţi şi peste 1.300 de răniţi. Administraţia Joseph Biden a cerut încetarea "imediată" a confruntărilor militare dintre armata israeliană şi grupurile islamiste Hamas şi Jihadul Islamic. "Am vorbit cu ministrul egiptean de Externe, Sameh Shoukry, despre violenţele care continuă în Israel, Cisiordania şi Fâşia Gaza.

Persons: Abu, Joseph Biden, Antony Blinken, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israelului, Mahmoud Abbas Organizations: Mediafax, Times, Hamas, egiptean Locations: israelian, Gaza, Israel, Beersheba, palestinian, Cisiordania, american, SUA, exerciţiu

☆ O nouă serie de atacuri aeriene puternice asupra Gaza City: Circa 200 de oameni au fost ucişi de la începutul ostilităţilor
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-17 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +4 min

Armata israeliană a spus că a atacat casele a nouă comandanţi Hamas din Gaza. Nu au fost deocamdată raportate victime şi nici nu a fost făcută o evaluare a pagubelor create luni. Ministerul Sănătăţii din Gaza a spus că 16 femei şi 10 copii s-au numărat prin cei ucişi duminică, iar 50 de oameni au fost răniţi. Purtătorul de cuvânt al armatei israeliene a declarat că ţinta atacurilor a reprezentat-o „infrastructura militară subterană” a Hamas. În urma loviturii, unitatea subterană a fost distrusă, făcând ca fundaţiile caselor de deasupra să cadă, ducând la victime neintenţionate, a explicat el.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Benny Gantz, Ostilităţile, ., Abu, -, Mohammed Abu Selmia, Sally Buzbee, Hamas, Wennesland Organizations: Hamas, AP, Armata, Apărării, The Associated Press, ONU, Securitate, Norvegiei Locations: Gaza City, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Israelului, Ierusalim, Orientul Mijlociu, Tunisiei, SUA

Ambasada Israelului la București a postat marți seara pe Facebook un filmuleț care arată cum funcționează scutul antirachetă Iron Dome. „Iron Dome în acțiune, interceptând din zecile de rachete lansate în seara aceasta din Gaza către centrul Israelului. Iron Dome se bazează pe un sistem de analiză radar pentru a depista o amenințare. Într-adevăr, Iron Dome este mai puțin eficient la o rază mai mică de 5 kilometri. De curând, și Ungaria a anunțat că va achiziționa sistemul Iron Dome, primele echipamente radar urmând să fie livrate în 2022.

Persons: Imediat, Rafael, David Organizations: Hamas, Iron, Ambasada, Facebook, Dome, Rafael Advanced, Israel Aerospace Industries, Washington Post, Iron Dome Locations: Tel Aviv, Gaza, București, Hanadi Tower, Tel, Israel, Israelului, Statelor Unite, SUA, Ungaria

☆ (video) Ploaie de rachete între Israel și Fâșia Gaza. Cel puțin 30 de persoane au decedat
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-12 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +5 min

(video) Ploaie de rachete între Israel și Fâșia Gaza. Militanții palestinienii au ripostat marți seara cu 130 de rachete trase asupra Tel Avivului, după ce turnul Hanadi din Fâșia Gaza a fost lovit în atacul israelian. Decesul ei ridică la trei numărul persoanelor care și-a pierdut viața, marţi, în Israel, în atacurile cu rachete din Fâşia Gaza. Situaţia din Cisiordania şi Ierusalimul de Est a fost tensionată de la începutul Ramadanului, luna sfântă de post şi rugăciune a musulmanilor. Numeroşi palestinieni au devenit furioşi după ce poliţia israeliană a restricţionat accesul în unele zone din Oraşul Vechi.

Persons: Hamas . Premierul, Ben Gurion Autorităţile, Aeroportul Internaţional Ben Gurion, Premierul, Benjamin Netanyahu, Benjamin Netanyahu . Premierul, Benny Gantz, Ismail Haniyeh, violenţele Organizations: Hamas, Iron, Jerusalem, Aeroportul Internaţional, Dome, Armata israeliană, BBC, Israelul Locations: Israel, Fâșia Gaza, israeliană Tel Aviv, Gaza, israeliană, israeliene, Tel Avivului, Tel Aviv, Holon, Eilat, Israelului, israelian, Comandanţi, Ismail, Cisiordania, Ierusalimul, Est, Oraşul Vechi, Ierusalimului

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